Module 3　课下能力提升(九)

　　阅读理解

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　　People can communicate with one another not only through verbal communication but also through nonverbal communication；moreover, the latter plays an important role.

　　Usually body language occurs unconsciously. Yet the body language we use decides to a large extent the quality of our communication. It follows that therefore it would be good to become conscious of our own and others' body language. We can learn to use our body language for a purpose. It is important to note that body language has different meanings in different cultures. How we can interpret body language depends on the situation, the culture, the relationship we have with the person as well as the gender (性别) of the other. This means that there is not one signal that has the same meaning all over the world. Body language is also interlinked with spoken language and a whole pattern of behavior from a person. As well as that, various body language signs can combine each other to make a particular meaning clear or strengthen the meaning of what we communicate.

　　Body language is known as nonverbal behavior which conveys (传递) information through gestures, actions and facial expressions. People communicate with each other by their body language in the ways of nodding, waving, eye contacting, shrugging and so on. According to the research results of psychologists, these ways can express what the verbal language cannot directly.

　　How we get across to someone is decided only for a small part by the words we speak. The person on the receiving end of our body language will have a feeling or impression that is often difficult to describe, difficult to put into words or difficult to prove what actually was communicated. Haven't we all said at times, "I have a feeling he/she likes me"， or something like, "I doubt if what he/she is saying is really the truth"．This type of feeling is called intuition (直觉). Body language plays a big role in intuition as it gives us messages about the other person that we can interpret at an intuitive level. It is therefore necessary to get to know our own body language first. We should learn about it so that we can recognize it in others as well as in ourselves.

　　1．Which of the following does the author agree with?

　　A．A signal sent by different people has the same meaning all over the world.

　　B．The quality of our communication is related with the body language we use.

　　C．Verbal communication plays a greater role than nonverbal communication.

　　D．Body language can cause misunderstanding.

　　2．Which of the following does not belong to body language?

　　A．Waving hands.　　　　　B．Stamping your foot.

　　C．Smiling. D．Shouting.

　　3．What's the purpose of the quotation (引语) in the last paragraph?

　　A．To tell us our feeling.

　　B．To express someone's confusion.

　　C．To tell us what intuition is.

　　D．To give us an introduction about body language.

　　4．Our understanding of body language doesn't rely on ________ according to the passage.

　　A．the gender B．the culture

　　C．the situation D．education

　　B

It was a cloudy day on November 11, 2015. We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched, mouth open in surprise, Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop (拖把). She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up, Mum nodded and said,